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MACDONALD: Cooling It, On AI

August 6, 2026 Steve MacDonald

Not to beat a dead horse, but the cabal of aisle-crossing objectors to AI is a stubborn lot. Ignore the threat represented by China and other America-hating international actors. Focus on the threat to privacy (not from China, apparently), logistics (water and electricity), and a corporatist cabal (but also not China. A few unpleasant reminders. … Read more

MACDONALD: Is The Next Fake Crisis Water?

August 28, 2025 Steve MacDonald

hat if we make everyone afraid of water, which we’ll call a human right, and then create a crisis so we can demand top-down control of all water for the good of the commons?

New Hampshire Celebrates More Jackpot Justice

August 19, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Last week, the State of New Hampshire, His Excellency, and the Attorney General’s Office were crooning about a new 65 million-dollar settlement. Concord, NH – Today, Governor Chris Sununu and Attorney General John Formella announce that New Hampshire will begin to receive tens of millions of dollars in settlement funds as a result of the … Read more

Resource Conservation … Leads to Price Hikes

April 17, 2024 Steve MacDonald

One of the golden rules of dealing with proglodytes is that if it’s something you need or enjoy, they try to make it more expensive so you’ll have or use less of it. This manifests as sin taxes or, in the case of things like water or energy, they use fear as a policy to drive up costs, forcing you to use less.

Night Cap: Saudi Water Battle in Arizona

December 22, 2023 John Klar

An ongoing kerfuffle over alleged Saudi water withdrawals from Arizona to grow alfalfa highlights the complexity of competition for increasingly scarce – and thus valuable – water for crops and residential uses.

A good lunch at Dover public schools cold pizza six fries and a tangerine

Dover Public School “Offering” Makes Prison Food Look Like 5 Star Fare

March 19, 2022March 18, 2022 Steve MacDonald

For the record, I have no idea what prison food looks like but I did check the internet so I think I’m on solid ground.

DISQUS Doodlings – Toilet Tyrannies, Socialist Shower Heads, and what else did I forget?

September 4, 2020 Skip

Sometimes I get a little pat on the back from one of the “managerial Elite” over at Treehugger. I’m generally the guy that is orthogonal to most of the folks there. Like Bruce Currie is here but with one big exception – I don’t disparage the information that is brought up and I don’t call them names.

DISQUS Doodlings – “Water is a Human Right?”

August 28, 2020 Skip

Just so many topics covered here in the TreeHugger post “Good News for the Rich: Their Fancy Showers Can Waste More Water“. Just another reminder that the “world’s largest site for sustainability issues” is rapidly dropping the “sustainability” mask and replacing it with the Eco-Socialist (heavy emphasis on the Socialist bit) mask.

DISQUS Doodlings – Toilet Tyrannies, Socialist Shower Heads, and “Who Chooses?”

August 24, 2020August 23, 2020 Skip

Emphasis mine: But he [Trump] is a man of action and instructed the EPA and the Department of Energy to change the rules. An energy department spokesperson says “If adopted, this rule would undo the action of the previous Administration and return to Congressional intent, allowing Americans – not Washington bureaucrats – to choose what … Read more

DISQUS Doodlings – Toilet Tyrannies, Socialist Shower Heads, and Dementia Joe

August 22, 2020 Skip

Over at Treehugger, they continue to rail against people who choose for themselves even over showerheads and toilets. You know, the Chinese Water Torture showerheads that just drips….drips….drips. Then you have the flush a number of times toilet where #2 wants to hang out with you for a couple of days.

hand water help original Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Despite Years of Water Restrictions NH Towns Keep Adding More Mouths to Drink

April 30, 2023August 21, 2020 Steve MacDonald

I can’t remember the last time my town of Merrimack did not have some sort of water use restriction. Every year, regardless of the precipitation, even in heavy years, we are told to limit water use in the summer.

Why Did Chris Sununu Sign a Bill Cramming Hundreds of Millions in Costs Down on NH Towns?

July 24, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The governor has signed a bill setting ridiculously low and arbitrary water standards on every town and city in the State. Municipalities will need a few hundred million statewide to meet these standards with no basis in sound science (hey, VT did it!). Money that neither the towns nor the State has to spend. Related: … Read more

Quick Thought – No water for Merrimack?

April 30, 2020 Skip

Watching WMUR Daybreak and they reported that the Town of Merrimack is “waterless” due to water main break near the Turkey Hill pumping station. Hmmm, usually when there is NO water, regular schools are dismissed and students are sent home. But EVERY student is now being homeschooled, right? And they are ALSO out of water. How … Read more

The PA Dept. of Env. Protection: Fracking is Not Spoiling Our Streams and Rivers

February 19, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The Arabs and Russian’s have spent millions in the US trying to make Fracking into some sort of evil. The UAE even backstopped an anti-fracking movie. But a study funded in part by the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) just undid much of that.

Introducing Democrat Katherine Rogers “No Dog Left Outside” Bill

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Katherine Rogers is best known for hitting political opponents and anti-self-defense legislation. But she’s branching out. This session, her meddling includes a slew of so-called animal protection bills like regulating dogs outdoors.

Democrat Mindi Messmer Suddenly Cares About Unborn Babies?

December 4, 2019December 3, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Mindi Messmer is a New Hampshire Democrat. That means with few exceptions terminating a pregnancy from conception to birth. You’ll be hard-pressed to find another sort. So, to hear her claim to care about a fetus, you’d be right to ask what the government has to gain from that stance?